HEXHAM Abbey is to get a share of a £584,000 funding payout from the National Churches Trust.
A £15,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant will help fund urgent repairs to its tower and keep the Grade I Listed church at the heart of the local community.
The church also receives a £6,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant from the Wolfson Foundation on the recommendation of the National Churches Trust.
64 churches and chapels in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will benefit from the latest grants from the National Churches Trust, with £134,000 of funding for grants provided by the Wolfson Foundation.
Hexham Abbey is one of the oldest surviving Christian foundations in Britain. It was built in 674 CE as a Benedictine Monastery following a gift of land to St Wilfrid by Queen Etheldreda.
The funding will arrest the deteriorating sandstone on the east of the chancel, mitigating the risk of falling masonry, and will restore the decorative detail of the Abbey facing the town's marketplace. Work will start early May.
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